Boredom is a state of mind In scientific terms, when you get bored, you activate a neural network in the brain called the default mode. Some scientists even refer to it as the imagination network, because our most original ideas can take shape there. Throughout the ages, artists, builders, and thinkers of all kinds have engaged in what Jerome Singer calls “positive-constructive daydreaming” in order to tap into new ways to look at the world around them.
